Mr. Chair, I'm pleased to be able to talk about the Canadian Coast Guard.
As colleagues know, on June 9 the Prime Minister announced the merger. At this point, there is no plan to militarize the Canadian Coast Guard or to incorporate a law enforcement role. I can speak to the fact that they will be additive in the security domain in surveilling for all-domain threats as well as supporting search and rescue and icebreaking in the Arctic and in commercial shipping routes. They will contribute to ocean science, to safe navigation and to fisheries enforcement, as well as contribute environmentally.